ANTHRO M166Q
Culture Area of Maghrib (North Africa)
Description: (Same as Arabic M171 and History M108C.) Lecture, three hours. Designed for juniors/seniors. Introduction to North Africa, especially Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya, also known as Maghrib or Tamazgha. Topics include changing notions of personal, tribal, ethnic, linguistic and religious identities; colonialism; gender and legal rights, changing representations of Islam, and religions in region's public spaces. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
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Most Helpful Review
Fall 2024 - As a Political Science and History major, I LOVED THIS CLASS SO MUCH. Although Professor Boum primarily teaches Anthropology and, to some extent, History, I enjoyed this class despite his being informative and being thorough in answering students' questions during lecture. Keep in mind, however, that he randomly takes attendance when you're supposed to be in class as he brings out a sign-up sheet, so be there! Also, keep in mind that when it comes to reflection posts and assignments, he wouldn't give out perfect scores, for example, 10/10, but he scores assignments relatively high. Fortunately, he is not a tough grader, but he does provide constructive feedback on assignments. If he teaches another class, I would take him again.
Fall 2024 - As a Political Science and History major, I LOVED THIS CLASS SO MUCH. Although Professor Boum primarily teaches Anthropology and, to some extent, History, I enjoyed this class despite his being informative and being thorough in answering students' questions during lecture. Keep in mind, however, that he randomly takes attendance when you're supposed to be in class as he brings out a sign-up sheet, so be there! Also, keep in mind that when it comes to reflection posts and assignments, he wouldn't give out perfect scores, for example, 10/10, but he scores assignments relatively high. Fortunately, he is not a tough grader, but he does provide constructive feedback on assignments. If he teaches another class, I would take him again.
Most Helpful Review
Professor Slyomovics is very approachable and a good lecturer. She does not use powerpoints, but she writes most of the important points on the board and puts boxes around most of the important key terms. (Emphasis on MOST. Not all.) She does assign a LOT of reading, and combined with the assigned films it ended up being a lot of work... but the workload was nevertheless doable. The class consisted of a midterm, a paper, a final, and attendance. (The syllabus said participation, but you don't really need to participate. Just come to class every day on time and sign in. She does pass around a sign in sheet.) The paper was cake, I believe it was only 5 pages. As far as the midterm and the final go, we were given absolutely no instruction. She does not believe in study guides, so mainly what you have to go off of are the things she wrote on the board. She will also use concepts from the reading and the films. The grader was very harsh, at least on the midterm. There are specific points that we were supposed to hit on the essays which was difficult because the essay questions were so vague. I don't know whether this was per Slyomovics' instructions, or whether the grader happened to be very harsh. I ended up with an A-.
Professor Slyomovics is very approachable and a good lecturer. She does not use powerpoints, but she writes most of the important points on the board and puts boxes around most of the important key terms. (Emphasis on MOST. Not all.) She does assign a LOT of reading, and combined with the assigned films it ended up being a lot of work... but the workload was nevertheless doable. The class consisted of a midterm, a paper, a final, and attendance. (The syllabus said participation, but you don't really need to participate. Just come to class every day on time and sign in. She does pass around a sign in sheet.) The paper was cake, I believe it was only 5 pages. As far as the midterm and the final go, we were given absolutely no instruction. She does not believe in study guides, so mainly what you have to go off of are the things she wrote on the board. She will also use concepts from the reading and the films. The grader was very harsh, at least on the midterm. There are specific points that we were supposed to hit on the essays which was difficult because the essay questions were so vague. I don't know whether this was per Slyomovics' instructions, or whether the grader happened to be very harsh. I ended up with an A-.
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